Computer Freezing due to memory

Hello to everyone ...
Hoping some of you clever people can help me out with this one.
I have just put together a new rig with specs as follows ....
K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego
4 x 512MB OZC Platinum EL Dual Channel Kit PC3200 DDR400 CL 2-2-2-5 Revision 2
ATI Radeon X800 XT GPU
1 x SATA drive
2 x IDE drive
2 x DVDRW drives
550W Truepower PSU
I think thats all the important stuff ....
Well once I built it all up I turned it on and got winXP SP2 installed.  After about 3 minutes the comp frooze and mouse/keyboard was unresponsive.  I hit the reset button as this was my only option.
Comp rebooted and then again after about 2 minutes it frooze again.
This went on with the intervals being from 30 seconds to 5 minutes but without fail it crashed.
I immediately suspected the memory so went down that road.
I removed both modules from dimms 3 and 4 to leave 1GB across dimms 1 and 2.  As expected it booted up fine and the bios post displayed the memory running as DDR400 instead of the DDR333 which is the maxium when both Dimms 1 and 3 are occupied ( :( Anyone actually know why that is or if there is a way to up the timings back to 200 from 166 ? )
I then spent the next 3 hours installing all drivers/games/updates etc and flashed the BIOS up to v1.8
I then stuck the two modules back in and booted up hoping the BIOS flash would have resolved this bug.
But no luck again.  After about 3 minutes it frooze again.
I took out the modules from Dimms 1 and 2 and booted back up.
Again I spent the whole day on the comp without a single freeze so that rules out the memory being faulty.
So can anyone help me or offer any advice to get it stable with the four Dimms occupied ?
Would I be better to send back 1GB and just run with 1GB @ DDR400 ?
Please, any suggestions i'd be very greatful.
All motherboards settings and timings are on 'Fail-Safe Defaults' so its nothing to do with messing about with timings or clock speeds etc
Thanks guys

Quote from: Gboyd on 29-June-05, 23:17:31
I think from looking around the memory voltage is set to 2.5v currently. Should I up this to 2.75v ?
Yes, put it at 2.75v
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It says from that link that they are under warranty up to 2.9v so its worth a shot ?
Not at this time.
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How much loss of speed does running at DDR333 with 2GB and 2T ?
It depends on what you need the 2 Gb of memory to.
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Is it better to be running 1GB @ DDR400 and 1T ?
Not worst or better just a bit faster but with less memory.
Be well....

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    Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
    Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
    Buffer A: 4219MB (4424253440 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101000000
    Buffer B: 4219MB (4424253440 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000208b4c000
    Running 2 test sequences... (CTRL-C to quit)
    Test sequence 1 of 2:
    Running tests on full 8438MB region...
      Stuck Address       : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000246a48080
    Actual Data: 0x0000000246a48000
      Linear PRN          : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000246a48080
    Expected Data: 0xca6ce116e994d0c5, Actual Data: 0xca6ce116e994d045
    Running comparison tests using 4219MB buffers...
      Random Value        :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x756b5477bebfbcc3, BUFB Data: 0x756b5477bebfbc43
      Compare XOR         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x16944273414b94fe, BUFB Data: 0x16944273414b947e
      Compare SUB         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xba95bf8a45dc5ac3, BUFB Data: 0xba95bf8a45dc5a43
      Compare MUL         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x3a7ac8411010b83d, BUFB Data: 0x3abb3755a058383d
      Compare DIV         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000141ca2080, BUFB address 0x00000002497ee080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000000
      Compare OR          :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x77f766387fefb4f4, BUFB Data: 0x77f766387fefb474
      Compare AND         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x53f722105d2f1084, BUFB Data: 0x53f722105d2f1004
      Sequential Increment:   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffd5c9ba57b76bd, BUFB Data: 0xfffd5c9ba57b763d
      Solid Bits          : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xffffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7f
      Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000080
      Checkerboard        : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x5555555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x55555555555555d5
      Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000085
      Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000081
    Test sequence 2 of 2:
    Running tests on full 8438MB region...
      Stuck Address       : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000246a48080
    Actual Data: 0x0000000246a48000
      Linear PRN          : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000246a48080
    Expected Data: 0xca6ce116e994d0c5, Actual Data: 0xca6ce116e994d045
    Running comparison tests using 4219MB buffers...
      Random Value        :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x55ffdcbad3dd2bb6, BUFB Data: 0x55ffdcbad3dd2b36
      Compare XOR         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013f07c080, BUFB address 0x0000000246bc8080
    BUFA Data: 0x21be1bc0d800aad6, BUFB Data: 0x21be1bc0d800aa56
      Compare SUB         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x11fd2bbd4e32c1ad, BUFB Data: 0x11fd2bbd4e32c12d
      Compare MUL         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x50ae7e495641b624, BUFB Data: 0x9d4763d397641c24
      Compare DIV         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013efbc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246b08080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000000
      Compare OR          :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0x0fdf02dd6d6e54f2, BUFB Data: 0x0fdf02dd6d6e5472
      Compare AND         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013efbc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246b08080
    BUFA Data: 0x0adf02914d4e1433, BUFB Data: 0x0adf02914d4e1432
      Sequential Increment:   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0xcbff8d1a3d81e445, BUFB Data: 0xcbff8d1a3d81e4c5
      Solid Bits          : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xffffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7f
      Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000080
      Checkerboard        : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x5555555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x55555555555555d5
      Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000085
      Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000013eefc080, BUFB address 0x0000000246a48080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014931b080, BUFB address 0x0000000250e67080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000081
    *** Address Test Failed ***  One or more DIMM address lines are non-functional.
    Execution time: 208 seconds.
    Two Original Modules Only, Slots 1 & 2:
    Memtest version 4.22 (64-bit)
    Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
    Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
    Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) running in multiuser mode
    Memory Page Size: 4096
    System has 2 Intel core(s) with SSE
    Requested memory: 1378MB (1445511168 bytes)
    Available memory: 1378MB (1445511168 bytes)
    Allocated memory: 1378MB (1445511168 bytes) at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
    Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
    Buffer A: 689MB (722755584 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Buffer B: 689MB (722755584 bytes) starts at local address 0x000000012c946000
    Running 2 test sequences... (CTRL-C to quit)
    Test sequence 1 of 2:
    Running tests on full 1378MB region...
       Stuck Address       : ok            
       Linear PRN          : ok            
    Running comparison tests using 689MB buffers...
       Random Value        : ok
       Compare XOR         : ok
       Compare SUB         : ok
       Compare MUL         : ok
       Compare DIV         : ok
       Compare OR          : ok
       Compare AND         : ok
       Sequential Increment: ok
       Solid Bits          : ok            
       Block Sequential    : ok               
       Checkerboard        : ok            
       Bit Spread          : ok              
       Bit Flip            : ok              
       Walking Ones        : ok              
       Walking Zeroes      : ok              
    Test sequence 2 of 2:
    Running tests on full 1378MB region...
       Stuck Address       : ok            
       Linear PRN          : ok            
    Running comparison tests using 689MB buffers...
       Random Value        : ok
       Compare XOR         : ok
       Compare SUB         : ok
       Compare MUL         : ok
       Compare DIV         : ok
       Compare OR          : ok
       Compare AND         : ok
       Sequential Increment: ok
       Solid Bits          : ok            
       Block Sequential    : ok               
       Checkerboard        : ok            
       Bit Spread          : ok              
       Bit Flip            : ok              
       Walking Ones        : ok              
       Walking Zeroes      : ok              
    All tests passed!  Execution time: 2289 seconds.
    Two OWC Modules Only, Slots 1 & 2:
    Memtest version 4.22 (64-bit)
    Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
    Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
    Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) running in multiuser mode
    Memory Page Size: 4096
    System has 2 Intel core(s) with SSE
    Requested memory: 5257MB (5512589312 bytes)
    Available memory: 5257MB (5512589312 bytes)
    Allocated memory: 5257MB (5512589312 bytes) at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
    Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
    Buffer A: 2628MB (2756294656 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Buffer B: 2628MB (2756294656 bytes) starts at local address 0x00000001a5c9b800
    Running 2 test sequences... (CTRL-C to quit)
    Test sequence 1 of 2:
    Running tests on full 5257MB region...
      Stuck Address       : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x00000001f2bff080
    Actual Data: 0x00000001f2bff000
      Linear PRN          : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x00000001f33fb080
    Expected Data: 0x5388b8b36591f2cf, Actual Data: 0x5388b8b36591f24f
    Running comparison tests using 2628MB buffers...
      Random Value        :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e8e2880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2d7e080
    BUFA Data: 0x3e28678c7ffd808b, BUFB Data: 0x3e28678c7ffd800b
      Compare XOR         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e8e2880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2d7e080
    BUFA Data: 0x2377a8102242ecc6, BUFB Data: 0x2377a8102242ec46
      Compare SUB         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xfbca5fc7c692a4ba, BUFB Data: 0xfbca5fc7c692a43a
      Compare MUL         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xd81a77f0a36ead1e, BUFB Data: 0x6a534d98aec3bf1e
      Compare DIV         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000000
      Compare OR          :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x77ebd8e6ffffb883, BUFB Data: 0x77ebd8e6ffffb802
      Compare AND         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x72ead0a6f7ff0883, BUFB Data: 0x72ead0a6f7ff0802
      Sequential Increment:   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0xffdcc2ee06a33c2a, BUFB Data: 0xffdcc2ee06a33caa
      Solid Bits          : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xffffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7f
      Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000080
      Checkerboard        : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x5555555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x55555555555555d5
      Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000085
      Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000081
    Test sequence 2 of 2:
    Running tests on full 5257MB region...
      Stuck Address       : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x00000001f2bff080
    Actual Data: 0x00000001f2bff000
      Linear PRN          : testing  1 of 16
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x00000001f33fb080
    Expected Data: 0x5388b8b36591f2cf, Actual Data: 0x5388b8b36591f24f
    Running comparison tests using 2628MB buffers...
      Random Value        :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xecffeb79c4f71eb8, BUFB Data: 0xecffeb79c4f71e38
      Compare XOR         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xc3337765ba8c9bb2, BUFB Data: 0xc3337765ba8c9b32
      Compare SUB         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x4474c2e5fddd6373, BUFB Data: 0x4474c2e5fddd6273
      Compare MUL         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x69424b26923d2f37, BUFB Data: 0xbbfe07a914c10237
      Compare DIV         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000080
      Compare OR          :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0x66e520303f6aa8d8, BUFB Data: 0x66e520303f6aa858
      Compare AND         :   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x224500103f622858, BUFB Data: 0x224500103f6228d8
      Sequential Increment:   
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0xafcdd2a6b9a73846, BUFB Data: 0xafcdd2a6b9a738c6
      Solid Bits          : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xffffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7f
      Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000080
      Checkerboard        : testing  1 of 64
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x5555555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x55555555555555d5
      Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000085
      Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000014e763880, BUFB address 0x00000001f2bff080
    BUFA Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffff7e
      Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
    FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000158bb2880, BUFB address 0x00000001fd04e080
    BUFA Data: 0x0000000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000081
    *** Address Test Failed ***  One or more DIMM address lines are non-functional.
    Execution time: 136 seconds.
    Two OWC Modules Only, Post PRAM Reset:
    Two OWC modules only, slots 1 & 2 post PRAM reset
    Memtest version 4.22 (64-bit)
    Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
    Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
    Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) running in multiuser mode
    Memory Page Size: 4096
    System has 2 Intel core(s) with SSE
    Requested memory: 5084MB (5331025920 bytes)
    Available memory: 5084MB (5331025920 bytes)
    Allocated memory: 5084MB (5331025920 bytes) at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
    Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
    Buffer A: 2542MB (2665512960 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101800000
    Buffer B: 2542MB (2665512960 bytes) starts at local address 0x00000001a0608000
    Running 2 test sequences... (CTRL-C to quit)
    Test sequence 1 of 2:
    Running tests on full 5084MB region...

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    Hey all,
    So as I've been posting between here and the Panther forums recently, I belatedly upgraded my OS over the few days from the last version of Panther to the last one of Tiger, and now I've been having a frequent problem with the computer freezing.
    Granted, I've had this computer crash on me before; sometimes it's with that Glazed-over grey screen & telling you that to hold down the Power button to restart it, sometimes, the mouse icon will just FREEZE up, and I'll also have to hold down the Power button. That latter type is the more common one, and though it may happen every few weeks or so, just today alone, I've had it freeze up on me FOUR TIMES. Even now, I used my old Panther boot partition--which I'd cloned to my external firewire drive--to boot up from and write this.
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    B) 3rd party RAM that he'd had installed when he bought it, which perhaps wasn't quite as good as Mac-made RAM.
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    I verified and repaired ALL partitions before I installed this--on the 2 partitions of the internal, and my external--and they seemed to come up okay. I'm just like to try trouble-shooting--whether I need to run some tests, or make sense of the Crash Log(s)--on what could not only CONTINUE to be causing to this computer to crash, but have made it worse.
    Admittedly I'm a computer noob, so I'm hardly the most knowledgeable person when it comes to detecting problems. Thing is, I really hope that this computer can tide me over until I upgrade to a newer PowerBook or iMac within the year, and was even going to try installing and learning some new design programs in the meantime. However, I don't want to get too comfortable with it--****, I CAN'T--or waste my time and money installing a software or a new RAM or an internal drive if there's no hope to salvage this thing.
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    +_Other specifications_:+
    +Machine Model: Power Mac G4+
    +CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)+
    +Number Of CPUs: 2+
    +CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz+
    +L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB+
    +L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB+
    +Memory: 1.25 GB+
    +Bus Speed: 167 MHz+
    +Boot ROM Version: 4.6.0f1+
    MEMORY
    DIMM0/J21:
    +Size: 256 MB+
    +Type: DDR SDRAM+
    +Speed: PC2700U-25330+
    DIMM1/J22:
    +Size: 512 MB+
    +Type: DDR SDRAM+
    +Speed: PC2700U-25330+
    DIMM2/J23:
    +Size: 512 MB+
    +Type: DDR SDRAM+
    +Speed: PC2700U-25330+
    DIMM3/J20:
    +Size: Empty+
    +Type: Empty+
    +Speed: Empty+
    +*ATA SPECIFICATIONS:*+
    +ATA-6 Bus:+
    +Vendor ID: 0x106b+
    +Device ID: 0x0033+
    +Revision ID: 0x0000+
    ST3120026A:
    +Capacity: 111.79 GB+
    +Model: ST3120026A+
    +Revision: 3.76+
    +Removable Media: No+
    +Detachable Drive: No+
    +BSD Name: disk0+
    +Protocol: ATA+
    +Unit Number: 0+
    +Socket Type: Internal+
    +OS9 Drivers: No+

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    Although "all tests passed," should I consider such a lengthy test-time as a red flag? Why would it be taking so long for such a test??
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        iMac - model: iMac8,1
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            BANK 1/DIMM1
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        Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
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            Mac iBook HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (521.60 GB free)
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